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NYT Crossword October 3 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Saturday, October 3 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Five-note jingle for "The Gift That Grows"10 lettersSee answer ›11Tech news site4 lettersSee answer ›15Message that comes with a pointer10 lettersSee answer ›16Symbol of love4 lettersSee answer ›17Changes in form, but not in essence10 lettersSee answer ›18To: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›19Cookie, e.g.7 lettersSee answer ›20Question in a stalemate7 lettersSee answer ›22Urge3 lettersSee answer ›23"Show some manners!"8 lettersSee answer ›24Classic Harlem ballroom5 lettersSee answer ›27Get one's hands on, informally3 lettersSee answer ›28Did a boring job?5 lettersSee answer ›29Hot environment4 lettersSee answer ›30Throwing weapons for the Dark Knight9 lettersSee answer ›32Zip3 lettersSee answer ›33Indie music's ___ Iver3 lettersSee answer ›34Sword's alternative3 lettersSee answer ›35Chinese steamed bun3 lettersSee answer ›37Supplementary materials accompanying a home movie purchase9 lettersSee answer ›40Doozy4 lettersSee answer ›41Trap in the water5 lettersSee answer ›42Catches3 lettersSee answer ›43Ticket selector5 lettersSee answer ›44Thorough, say8 lettersSee answer ›46Rihanna's "Take a ___" (2008)3 lettersSee answer ›47(The) shaft, so to speak7 lettersSee answer ›48Not all there upstairs?7 lettersSee answer ›52Some altarations?4 lettersSee answer ›53Burkina Faso, before 198410 lettersSee answer ›55Captain in Melville's "Billy Budd"4 lettersSee answer ›56Renowned naturalist buried at Rwanda's Karisoke Research Center10 lettersSee answer ›57Singing sister of Aretha4 lettersSee answer ›58Nervously inhales?10 lettersSee answer ›

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1Target for surgical excision4 lettersSee answer ›2Time4 lettersSee answer ›3Country where the game of dominoes is a national pastime4 lettersSee answer ›4Characterized by great happiness7 lettersSee answer ›5"Sheesh!"6 lettersSee answer ›6Mr. Universe contestants5 lettersSee answer ›7Burn4 lettersSee answer ›8All worked (up)3 lettersSee answer ›9Greek actress who brought Elektra, Penelope, Antigone and Helen of Troy to the screen10 lettersSee answer ›10Man who made animals talk5 lettersSee answer ›11Stumble home after a night out, say7 lettersSee answer ›12Just10 lettersSee answer ›13Something you may be willing to hold?10 lettersSee answer ›14Camped out, say6 lettersSee answer ›21Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal ___"5 lettersSee answer ›23Fake poster3 lettersSee answer ›24"___ of Frankenstein" (1939 movie sequel)3 lettersSee answer ›25Person who gets a lot of texts?10 lettersSee answer ›26Sluglike creature known for its soft, water-repellent skin10 lettersSee answer ›27Has no control10 lettersSee answer ›30Word with shadow or shoe3 lettersSee answer ›31Lo-___3 lettersSee answer ›33Contradict5 lettersSee answer ›36Abba's "___ Last Summer"3 lettersSee answer ›38Outlet for the Jordan River7 lettersSee answer ›39Super-keen3 lettersSee answer ›40Weak amount of medicine7 lettersSee answer ›41Primary PC storage6 lettersSee answer ›43EX30, EX40 and XC606 lettersSee answer ›45Praises5 lettersSee answer ›46Fails to keep things down5 lettersSee answer ›48Nota ___4 lettersSee answer ›49Classic film character who says "Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time"4 lettersSee answer ›50Proofreader's command4 lettersSee answer ›51Kansas' Fort ___4 lettersSee answer ›54Swinger's goal, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›